Hospital bag



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Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

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Application ifiled June- 18, 1927. Serial .No. 198,497.

This invention relates to hospital bags and has for its object theprovision of a new and improved device of this character which can bereadily and quickly attached to a bed, table, or other support and asreadily detached therefrom, and while so attached shall be held in aconvenient fposition for the tidy and sanitary receptiondressings,bandages, and other waste material. The use of paper bags forthis purpose is not new but the usual mode of supporting the same hasbeen to pin the same to the bed linen, or to employ some other makeshiftand time consuming expedient The objects of my invention are theprovision of a cheap, simple, practical arrangement for securing suchbags to whatever kind of support may be handy; the pro- 'ision of adevice which shall not onl be very inexpensive but shall alsopermit agsequipped therewith to be handled in the usual flat packages; whilefurther objects and ad-' vantages of the invention will become apparentas the description proceeds.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this application Ihave shown certain physical forms in which my inventive idea isembodied. 'Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a part of a hospital baghaving one of my improved bags attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of such bag detached; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view throughthe back of the bag showing one form of the attaching means; Fig. 4 is asectional view on the line H of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a face view of thesupporting'de'vice illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive showing itsshape prior to its attachment to the bag; Figs. 6 and 7 illustratemodified forms of attachments; Fig. 8 is a perspective view illustratingyet another orm of my view of the 100 or sta le shown in Fig. 8.

The supporting device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 cons1sts of a piece ofthin flexible sheet metal, die-cut into cruciform shape producing twoelongated flexible strips 11 and two shorter narrow arms 2-2, which mayif desired, be pointed as at '3 to facilitate their insertion into thewall 4, of the bag after which they are folded one above the other asshown in Figs. 3 and 4. The strips 11 are made of a length to embracesuch sup orts as a bed rail or table edge but are prefera ly left flatwith the bag until the time comes to use the same, when they are bent toclasp whatever support is handy.

invention; and Fig. 9 is a detail,

. to avoid the necessi It'will be understood that a great many changescan be made in the detailshape of the support. For example in Fig. 6 thestrip 1, instead of being formed with laterally extending" arms, isformed with flexible clips or staples 2 notched out from the sides ofthe stripat 5-5 and folded parallel to its length. This has theadvantage of enabling the device to be made from a narrowribbon of metalwithout waste of material. In the form shown in Fig. 7 the strip 1 isfastened to the bag wall 4 by means of an annular rivet 6. In

the form of the invention shown in Fig. 8 the supporting strip 1 is notpermanently attached to the bag, but is slidably received in a suitableloop or staple 7, here shown as of metal and formed at its ends-withflexible teeth 8-8 which-are folded over after insertion into the wallofv the bag 4. It will also be understood that this loop can be made ofpaper or cloth and secured to or formed out of the bag in any suitablemanner; also that the 'strip 1 can be inserted at any desired time, andneed not always be made of metal. but may in some cases be made of otherflex ible material.

Whatever be the nature of the attaching strip, it is important that itbe located verti-- cally ofthe bag so as to be available for suspendinguses. It may either be applied to the bag at time and place of use or atthe factor where the bags are made, or at any interme 'ate timeandplace. Unless this application occurs at the moment of use it isimportant that the support be flat in shape so as not to impede thefolding of the bags into the usual flat packages. However, I also findit desirable in some cases to furnish the cli s to the usersindependently of the bags, to e attached by them, and it is ossible insome cases to remove the clips an use them repeatedly, although suchcourse is undesir ab e from a sanitary standpoint and I prefer to havethem 'made soinexpensively as for so doing.

'It will therefore apparent that many changes in details can be madewithin the scope of my inventive idea.

What I claim is: a

1. A hospital bag comprising a collapsible paper container having anopen end and a supporting device for said container, said deviceincluding a flexible metal strip having one part fixedly secured to thewall of said container intermediate the ends of said container, andhaving another part projecting lcngthwise'of said containerand adaptedto be applied to an article of furniture to support said bag with itsmouth opening upwardly, the last named part of said strip being bendablefor application to a supportingelement. a

2; A hospital bag comprising a collapsible pa er container having anopen mouth at one en and a bottom at the other end, and aflexible metalstriphaving' one-part fixedly sea cured to one of the side walls of saidconopening upwardly.

3. A hospital bag, comprising a container consisting of a collapsiblepaper bag having a mouth at oneend and a bottom at the other end, and asupporting device for saidTbiig consisting of an elongated strip of.flexible material fixedly secured atone point to one =wall of said bagat a point nearer to said mouth than to said bottom, said strip being ofbendable metal and having a length suflicient to embrace a piece offurniture in supported relation, such length beingparallel tothe'vertical axis of said bag.

4. In a hospital bag the combination with a foldable aper container of atype which, when unfdlded, comprises. a bottom and spaced sides definingan upwardly opening mouth of a flexible metal strip of a length toembrace a piece of furniture in supported relation, and means securingsaid strip fixedly to one of the side walls of said container with saidstrip substantially parallel to the height of said container.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

NELLIE G. CROZIER.

